Little School on the Range

Great Women in History

Amelia Earhart is one of my favorite women to teach and learn about – I just LOVE this quote!

Teaching about great women in history is important for all of our students, not just girls. All of our students need to understand the great contributions made by women throughout history. The following is a FREEBIE that includes a timeline for Helen Keller as well as a domino activity for other great women in history.

Great Women in History FREEBIE

The following 20 women are featured in my Great Women in History No – Prep Unit

o Joan of Arc
o Pocahontas
o Catherine the Great
o Sacagawea
o Harriet Beecher Stowe
o Susan B. Anthony
o Florence Nightingale
o Harriet Tubman
o Clara Barton
o Emily Dickinson
o Annie Oakley
o Marie Curie
o Helen Keller
o Eleanor Roosevelt
o Amelia Earhart
o Mother Teresa
o Rosa Parks
o Anne Frank
o Sandra Day O’ Connor
o Jane Goodall

You can find this unit at:

Great Women in History No - Prep Unit

You can find the accompanying presentation at:

Great Women in History Presentation

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Great Women in History BUNDLE

Fact Cards

FACT CARDS… I love them! Why? They give my students the right amount of information about things that they need to know. That is especially important for kids in lower elementary that can get overwhelmed by too much information. Most of my units in my store and that I use in my classroom include fact cards of some sort. We cut them out and store them in a variety of ways.

Sometimes they go in a pocket in our interactive journals…

Sometimes we make a poster out of them…

Sometimes they’re made into a booklet…

Sometimes they’re made into a foldable…

President's Day

President’s Day is just around the corner! One of the things that my kiddos absolutely love every year is learning about the white house. They LOVE seeing all the different rooms and learning about its rich history.

This is a sample FREEBIE from my best selling White House Unit. I hope that you’ll enjoy it!

Welcome to the White House FREEBIE

My presentation actually takes my students on a tour of the white house. It is one of our favorite presentations of the year. They get to see all of the rooms and learn fun white house trivia! Rooms that are included in the presentation are:

• White House Flower Shop
• White House Kitchen
• Library
• China Room
• East Colonnade
• State Dining Room
• Red Room
• Blue Room
• Green Room
• East Room
• Press Briefing Room
• Cabinet Room
• Rose Garden
• Roosevelt Room
• Oval office
• Situation Room
• Family Theater
• Kennedy Garden
• Kitchen Garden
• Basketball Court
• Bee Hive

My presentation can be found at:

White House Presentation

My complete No-Prep unit that accompanies the presentation can be found at:

White House No Prep Unit *President's Day

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White House BUNDLE

African American Inventors

During Black History Month, we are learning about African American inventors! Some of the inventors that we are learning about are:

o Patricia Bath
o Benjamin Banneker
o Sarah Boone
o Marie Brown
o George Washington Carver
o George Crum
o Mark Dean
o Charles Drew
o Philip Emeagwali
o Sarah E.Goode
o Lonnie G. Johnson
o Frederick McKinley Jones
o Lewis Howard Latimer
o Garrett Morgan
o Madam C.J. Walker

The following is a FREEBIE from my complete unit!

African American Inventors FREEBIE

My complete unit can be found at:

African American Inventors

The presentation can be found at:

African American Inventors Presentation

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African American Inventors BUNDLE

Ruby Bridges and Black History Month

All during the month of February, we will be learning about African American heroes in celebration of Black History month. Ruby Bridges is absolutely one of my favorite heroes to teach my students about. Mostly, because she was their age when she showed courage and became a hero herself! It’s hard for most of my students to understand what our world was like before the civil rights movement, but her story gives them a glimpse of how things have changed.

Enjoy this Ruby Bridges FREEBIE that is a sample of my complete African American Heroes – No Prep Unit!

Ruby Bridges Timeline FREEBIE

My complete unit covers the following heroes:

o Crispus Attucks
o B.K. Bruce
o Dr. Guion Bluford
o George Washington Carver
o Shirley Chisholm
o Frederick Douglas
o Dr. Charles R. Drew
o W.E.B. Dubois
o Sarah B. Goode
o Mae C. Jemison
o Barbara Jordan
o Martin Luther King, Jr.
o Thurgood Marshall
o Jesse Owens
o Rosa Parks
o Jackie Robinson
o Dred Scott
o Sojourner Truth
o Harriet Tubman
o Madame C.J. Walker

African American Heroes Unit - No Prep

Your teacher wears cowgirl boots...

OK – it’s been brought to my attention by several of my students that I wear cowgirl boots – A LOT! I’ll confess, I do own several pair of cowgirl boots. How many? Well…let’s just say I could wear a different pair every day of the week, but not a different pair every day of the month. In my opinion, cowgirl boots happen to be the PERFECT shoes for teaching. Let me tell you why…

Top 10 reasons why I teach in cowgirl boots:

10. Pointed toe boots are perfect for scooting crickets out of corners.

9. They are truly all weather and all season shoes - in Texas we often experience all 4 seasons in one week!

8. They keep your legs warm.

7. They literally go with anything – pants, dresses, or skirts!

6. They are perfect for stomping the occasional snake at recess (yes – it really happens).

5. They allow you to easily mosey up to kiddos who are exhibiting off-task behavior.

4. They enable you to “Click Clack” down the hall with that authoritative sound that teachers love to make.

3. They NEVER go out of style!

2. They make you appear tougher than you actually are.

1. Hello? I’m from TEXAS…enough said!

Chinese New Year

A big part of 2^nd grade Social Studies is learning about the holidays and cultures of others around the world. One holiday that is truly different than any holiday that my students are used to celebrating is the Chinese New Year. This year, it will be celebrated on February 19^th. We’ve already began learning about this fun custom in our class.

We started learning about the Chinese New Year by watching and discussing the Chinese New Year presentation. My kids really loved the Dragon Dance and the Lion Dance. After seeing all of the firework displays, many of my students were wishing that they could visit China! It really is a tradition that is unlike any tradition that my students celebrate.

Chinese New Year Presentation